getTagDefinition: Output Items

In this section, you can find the descriptions of the output items for getTagDefinition operation depending on the value you select on the General tab.

The output items for the getTagDefinition operation are as follows:
Output Item Data Type Description
mxsd_root Complex Contains list of tags and its corresponding other attributes
exsd_root Complex Contains hostname and server details
The attribute in mxsd_root is as follows:
Output Item Data Type Description
output Complex Contains list of tags and its corresponding other attributes
The attributes in output are as follows:
Output Item Data Type Description
Tag String Name of the tag
Pointclass String Attribute specifying point class from the point classes that belong to the PI Data Archive server
Pointtype String Attribute specifying the data type for the values that a point stores.

Supported point types include: Digital, Timestamp, Float64, Float32, Float16, Int32, Int16, String, and Blob.

PointTypex String Value of the PointTypex of the mentioned tag
Pointsource String Attribute identifying the source of data for a PI point.
Descriptor String Description of the PI tag
Changedate String The last time when the PI point was changed
Creationdate String The time when the PI point was created
Engunits String The default unit of measurement for the PI point
Exdesc String Optional extended description for the PI point.
Sourcetag String Reference to another PI point. Data stream of this PI point is used as the source for the given PI point
Displaydigits String The attribute that determines the display precision of PI point values
Archiving String The attribute that enables or disables values archiving.

Supported values are 0 and 1.

Scan String The attribute that enables or disables interface scanning.

Supported values are 0 and 1.

Compressing String The attribute that determines whether snapshot events are selected to be sent to the archive file for storage.

Supported values are 0 and 1.

Zero String The lowest possible value of a PI point.
Span String The range between the maximum and minimum values for a point. The sum of zero and span determines the highest possible value.
Excdev String Exception deviation, the set of values that define a deadband used for exception reporting. If this attribute is used, the excdevpercent attribute is recalculated.
Excdevpercent String Percentage of exception deviation. If this attribute is used, the excdev attribute is recalculated.
Compdev String Compression deviation, the compression algorithm used to reduce the data flow from the interfaces to the PI Data Archive server. If this attribute is used, the compdevpercent attribute is recalculated.
Compdevpercent String Percentage of compression deviation. If this attribute is used, the compdev attribute is recalculated.
Changer String The changer of the tag
Compmax String Compression deviation maximum value of the tag
Compmin String Compression deviation minimum value of the tag
Convers String Convers of the tag
Creator String Creator of the tag
Dataaccess String Dataaccess of the tag
Datagroup String Datagroup of the tag
Dataowner String Dataowner of the tag
Datasecurity String Datasecurity of the tag
Dignumber String Dignumber of the tag
Digstartcode String Digstartcode of the tag
Excmax String Excmax of the tag
Excmin String Excmin of the tag
Filtercode String Filtercode of the tag
Instrumenttag String Instrumenttag of the tag
Location1 String Location1 of the tag
Location2 String Location2 of the tag
Location3 String Location3 of the tag
Location4 String Location4 of the tag
Location5 String Location5 of the tag
Pointaccess String Pointaccess of the tag
Pointgroup String Pointgroup of the tag
Pointid String Pointid of the tag
Pointnumber String Pointnumber of the tag
Pointowner String Pointowner of the tag
Ptsecurity String Ptsecurity of the tag
Recordtype String Recordtype of the tag
Res String Res of the tag
Shutdown String Shutdown of the tag
Sqaureroot String Sqaureroot of the tag
Step String Step of the tag
Totalcode String Totalcode of the tag
Typicalvalue String Typicalvalue of the tag
Userint1 String Userint1 of the tag
Userint2 String Userint2 of the tag
Userreal1 String Userreal1 of the tag
Userreal2 String Userreal2 of the tag
The attributes in exsd_root are as follows:
Output Item Data Type Description
Host String Contains list of tags and its corresponding other attributes
Server String Contains list of tags and its corresponding other attributes